“Sons are indeed a heritage from Yahweh.
The fruit of the womb is a reward.
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
Are the sons of one’s youth.
Happy is the man who has
His quiver full of them!
He shall not be put to shame
When he speaks with his enemies
At the gate.”
This short psalm comes to an end with the consideration that many sons are a gift from Yahweh, the rewards of the fruit of the womb. The more sons you have, the more you are like a warrior with many arrows, so that you can have a quiver full of them. The men with many sons will not be put to shame when they speak with the enemies at the meeting place at the gate to the town because they would have sons to back them up.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 